# 2000 in China

The following lists events that happened during 2000 in China.

## Incumbents

* Party General Secretary — Jiang Zemin
* President — Jiang Zemin
* Premier — Zhu Rongji
* Vice President — Hu Jintao
* Vice Premier — Li Lanqing
* Congress Chairman — Li Peng
* Conference Chairman — Li Ruihuan

### Governors

* Governor of Anhui Province — Wang Taihua then Xu Zhonglin
* Governor of Fujian Province — Xi Jinping
* Governor of Gansu Province — Song Zhaosu
* Governor of Guangdong Province — Lu Ruihua
* Governor of Guizhou Province — Qian Yunlu
* Governor of Hainan Province — Wang Xiaofeng
* Governor of Hebei Province — Yue Qifeng
* Governor of Heilongjiang Province — Tian Fengshan then Song Fatang
* Governor of Henan Province — Li Keqiang
* Governor of Hubei Province — Jiang Zhuping
* Governor of Hunan Province — Chu Bo
* Governor of Jiangsu Province — Ji Yunshi
* Governor of Jiangxi Province — Shu Shengyou
* Governor of Jilin Province — Hong Hu
* Governor of Liaoning Province — Zhang Guoguang
* Governor of Qinghai Province — Zhao Leji
* Governor of Shaanxi Province — Cheng Andong
* Governor of Shandong Province — Li Chunting
* Governor of Shanxi Province — Liu Zhenhua
* Governor of Sichuan Province — Zhang Zhongwei
* Governor of Yunnan Province — Li Jiating (until June), Xu Rongkai (starting June)
* Governor of Zhejiang Province — Chai Songyue

## Events
### January

* January 14 — 2000 Yunnan earthquake: An earthquake measuring 5.9 in magnitude occurred in the Yunnan province in southwest China, killing 7 people and injuring at least 2,528 more. Almost 41,000 homes were levelled by the earthquake.
* January — Baidu, an internet search engine, was founded.

### October

* October 28 — Jiang Zemin berated Hong Kong journalist Sharon Cheung.

### December

* December 25 — 2000 Luoyang Christmas fire: A shopping center fire at Luoyang, Henan, China kills 309.

## Births

* March 12 — Sabrina Man, born in Hong Kong, is a Chinese-Filipina-Canadian actress, television host and commercial model.
* July 25 — Zhang Hao, singer.
* November 4 - Sun Yingsha, table tennis player.

## Deaths

* January 5 — Xie Bingying, soldier and writer (b. 1906)
* January 8 — Ray Huang, historian and philosopher (b. 1918)
* January 21 — Ho Ying-chie, Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist (b. 1911)
* January 22 — Dai Suli, politician (b. 1919)
* February 2 — Li Zhun, novelist (b. 1928)
* February 10 — Ji Pengfei, 3rd Minister of Foreign Affairs of China (b. 1910)
* February 16
** Wang Zigan, Shanghai-style paper-cutter (b. 1920)
** Fung Fung, Hong Kong actor (b. 1916)
* March 4
** Wu Ta-You, physicist (b. 1907)
** Xie Xide, physicist (b. 1921)
* March 18 — Pei Lisheng, 2nd and 4th Governor of Shanxi (b. 1906)
* March 19 — Li Huanzhi, classical composer (b. 1919)
* March 21 — Bai Shouyi, ethnologist, historian, social activist and writer (b. 1909)
* April 10 — Angela Yu Chien, Hong Kong actress (b. 1942)
* April 16 — Ann Mui, Hong Kong singer and actress (b. 1959)
* April 29 — Chen Fangyun, electrical engineer (b. 1916)
* May 9 — Zheng Weishan, lieutenant general and politician (b. 1915)
* May 21 — Zhao Puchu, religious and public leader (b. 1907)
* June 3 — Ann Tse-kai, Hong Kong industrialist, legislator and sinologist (b. 1912)
* June 12 — Yun Bulong, 7th Chairman of the Government of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (b. 1937)
* June 16 — Jiang Weiqing, 4th Secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (b. 1910)
* June 23 — Geng Biao, 5th Minister of National Defense of China (b. 1909)
* July 17 — Zhao Lirong, singer and film actress (b. 1928)
* July 23 — Kao Pao-shu, actress, producer, writer and film director (b. 1932)
* August 28 — Liao Zhigao, politician (b. 1913)
* September 14 — Cheng Kejie, 8th Chairman of the Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (b. 1933)
* September 18 — Chen Yuefang, basketball player (b. 1963)
* October 16 — Lu Xiaopeng, aircraft designer (b. 1920)
* November 5 — Hu Sheng, Marxist theorist and historian (b. 1918)
* November 11 — Wei Qiming, Chinese actor (b. 1926)
* November 27 — Lin Yaohua, sociologist and anthropologist (b. 1910)